About Narratives Books

Narratives is distinguished for its publications offering strategic analyses and solutions to the challenges facing Pakistan, such as insecurity and violence, militancy, radicalism and intrastate and inter-state conflicts in Pakistan and the wider region.

Narratives pledges to expand knowledgebase on social, cultural, political and developmental themes of contemporary relevance to Pakistan and its society.

Narratives strive to offer creative and innovative publications with strengths in academic, research-based and alternative narratives.

Centennial Collections of Manto’s Literary Works Saadat Hasan Manto is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest Urdu short story writers of all times. His creativity, artistic sensitivity and literary mastery radiate from his writings which offer a unique insight into psychoanalysis and human behavior. Manto has written extensively and beautifully mainly in socio-economic and socio-political perspectives using a distinctive expression that is not only simple and lucid for a reader to comprehend but also satirical, intense and mind-blowing. To celebrate the 100th centenary of this great writer, Narratives is publishing the first comprehensive and error-free compilations of Manto’s literary work in seven volumes. Three volumes will include his short stories (afsane) and one collection each dramas, essays/articles (mazameen), translations (tarajam) and life-sketches (khakay).